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Prepare for Microsoft Exam AZ-104 and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of implementing and deploying Microsoft Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Designed for experienced cloud professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

  • Manage Azure identities and governance

  • Implement and manage storage

  • Deploy and manage Azure compute resources

  • Configure and manage virtual networking

  • Monitor and back up Azure resources

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

  • Assumes you are an experienced Azure administrator who understands and manages diverse storage, security, networking and/or compute cloud services

About the Exam

Exam AZ-104 focuses on skills and knowledge needed to manage Azure subscriptions; analyze resource utilization and consumption; manage resource groups; establish storage accounts; import/export data; configure Azure files; implement backup; create, configure, and automate VM deployment; manage VMs and VM backups; implement, manage, and connect virtual networks; configure name resolution; create and configure Network Security Groups; manage Azure AD and its objects; and implement and manage hybrid identities.

About Microsoft Certification

Passing exam AZ-104 earns your Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification, demonstrating your skills in implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Microsoft Azure solutions, including major services related to compute, storage, network, and security.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents at a glance
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About the Author
  8. Introduction
    1. Organization of this book
    2. Preparing for the exam
    3. Microsoft certifications
    4. Quick access to online references
    5. Errata, updates, & book support
    6. Stay in touch
  9. Chapter 1. Manage Azure identities and governance
    1. Skill 1.1: Manage Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) objects
    2. Skill 1.2: Manage role-based access control (RBAC)
    3. Skill 1.3: Manage subscriptions and governance
    4. Thought experiment
    5. Thought experiment answers
    6. Chapter summary
  10. Chapter 2. Implement and manage storage
    1. Skill 2.1: Secure Storage
    2. Skill 2.2: Manage storage
    3. Skill 2.3: Configure Azure Files and Azure Blob Storage
    4. Thought experiment
    5. Thought experiment answers
    6. Chapter summary
  11. Chapter 3. Deploy and manage Azure compute resources
    1. Skill 3.1: Automate deployment of virtual machines (VMs) by using Azure Resource Manager templates
    2. Skill 3.2: Configure VMs for high availability and scalability
    3. Skill 3.3: Configure VMs
    4. Skill 3.4: Create and configure containers
    5. Skill 3.5: Create and configure Azure App Service
    6. Thought experiment
    7. Thought experiment answers
    8. Chapter summary
  12. Chapter 4. Configure and manage virtual networking
    1. Skill 4.1: Implement and manage virtual networking
    2. Skill 4.2: Secure access to virtual networks
    3. Skill 4.3: Configure load balancing
    4. Skill 4.4: Monitor and troubleshoot virtual networking
    5. Skill 4.5: Integrate an on-premises network with an Azure virtual network
    6. Thought experiment
    7. Thought experiment answers
    8. Chapter summary
  13. Chapter 5. Monitor and back up Azure resources
    1. Skill 5.1: Monitor resources by using Azure Monitor
    2. Skill 5.2: Implement backup and recovery
    3. Thought experiment
    4. Thought experiment answers
    5. Chapter summary
  14. Index
  15. Code Snippets
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